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| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Dallas |
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| Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
| Website | Official website |


TheMiss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state ofTexas in theMiss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is part of the Miss USA organization.
Texas is in the top 5 most successful states at Miss Teen USA in terms of number and value of placements. AlongsideOregon they are the only two states to have produced three winners.
Laika Kayani Patel ofAustin was crowned Miss Texas Teen USA 2025 on May 4, 2025, atHilton Houston Post Oak inHouston. She represented Texas atMiss Teen USA 2025.
Texas's best performance came in the 1980s, where they placed in all but one year and were runners-up on five occasions. Despite this, they still placed second toNew York in that decade in terms of number and value of placements.[1] Despite being on top overall, Texas has never been the best state in any particular decade.
Texas is one of the most successful states across all thirty-seven years of competition atMiss Teen USA. They have had seventeen semi-finalists, three more than any other state. They have won the crown three times (along withOregon), in 1996 whenChristie Lee Woods took the title (Woods later went on to star inThe Amazing Race 5 andThe Amazing Race 31) and 15 years later in 2011 whenDanielle Doty won.Karlie Hay became the third Texan entrant to win the crown in 2016. Texas and the state of Oregon are the only states to have won Miss Teen USA three times. Texas has also won several awards, including Miss Photogenic in 2010.
While a number of Texas teens have competed for theMiss Texas USA title, only six have won both pageants. The most successful of these was Nicole O'Brian, who placed 1st runner-up at Miss Teen USA and 2nd runner-up atMiss USA. O'Brien also competed alongside Woods onThe Amazing Race 5. Woods was the firstMiss Teen USA to not win a Miss title on her first attempt, and despite competing in a number of years never won the Miss Texas USA crown.
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Texas holds a record of 24 placements at Miss Teen USA.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Local Title | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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| 2025 | Laika Kayani Patel | Austin | 17 | Miss Austin Teen | Top 10 | ||
| 2024 | Dallyn Pesek | Shiner | 17 | Miss Houston Teen | Top 20 | ||
| 2023 | Haylee Elyse Puckett | Houston | 16 | Miss Space City Teen | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 2022 | Chanel Williams | San Antonio | 15 | Miss Alamo Teen | |||
| 2021 | Landry Davis | Dallas | 18 | Miss Metroplex Teen | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 2020 | Anissa Mendez | Laredo | 17 | Miss North Laredo Teen | Longest reigning Miss Texas Teen USA (1 year, 5 months, and 29 days) | ||
| 2019 | Kennedy Edwards | Houston[2] | 17 | Miss Houston Teen | FirstAfrican American Miss Texas Teen USA | ||
| 2018 | Brenna Flynn | Fort Worth | 18 | Miss Fort Worth Teen | |||
| 2017 | Kirby Lindley | Cypress | 18 | Miss Dallas Teen | Top 15 | ||
| 2016 | Karlie Hay | Tomball | 18 | Miss Kemah Teen | Miss Teen USA 2016 | ||
| 2015 | Chloe Kembel | Denton | 18 | Miss North Central TX Teen | Top 15 | ||
| 2014 | Kellie Stewart | Fort Worth | 16 | Miss Dallas Teen | Top 15 | ||
| 2013 | Daniella Rodriguez | Laredo | 16 | Miss Central Laredo Teen |
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| 2012 | Madison Lee | Houston | 18 | Miss Bay Area Teen | |||
| 2011 | Danielle Doty | Harlingen | 18 | Miss Harlingen Teen | Miss Teen USA 2011 | ||
| 2010 | Chelsea Morgensen | Laredo | 15 | Miss Laredo Teen | Miss Photogenic |
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| 2009 | Kelli Harral | Fort Stockton | 16 | Miss Fort Stockton Teen |
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| 2008 | Lauren Guzman | Laredo | 18 | Miss Laredo Teen |
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| 2007 | Sommer Isdale | Harker Heights | 16 | Miss Waco Teen | |||
| 2006 | Raevan Valadez[3] | Spicewood | 18 | Miss Austin Teen | |||
| 2005 | April Ford | Texarkana | 18 | ||||
| 2004 | Magen Ellis | Whitehouse | 17 | Miss Tyler Teen | Semi-finalist |
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| 2003 | Tye Felan | Tomball | 18 | Miss Houston Teen | Semi-finalist | ||
| 2002 | Brittany Tiner[4] | Freeport | 16 | Miss Rice Belt Teen | |||
| 2001 | Katherine Perello[5] | Lake Jackson | 16 | 3rd runner-up | Body Glove Swimsuit Award | ||
| 2000 | Nicole O'Brian | Friendswood | 17 | Miss Bay Area Teen | 1st runner-up | Swimsuit Award |
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| 1999 | Misty Giles[6] | Killeen | 18 | Semi-finalist | Contestant onSurvivor: Panama | ||
| 1998 | Christie Cole[7] | Houston | 16 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1997 | Andria Mullins | Waco | 16 | Miss Lake Whitney Teen | Style award | Contestant onThe Starlet | |
| 1996 | Christie Lee Woods | Huntsville | 18 | Miss Teen USA 1996 | Two-time contestant onThe Amazing Race (seasons5 and31) | ||
| 1995 | Mandy Jeffreys | Midland | 17 | Appeared onThe Bachelor | |||
| 1994 | Jaqueline Pena | Corpus Christi | 18 | ||||
| 1993 | Erin Burnett | Plano | 16 | ||||
| 1992 | Carissa Blair | Columbus | 17 |
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| 1991 | Kara Williams | Houston | 18 | Semi-finalist |
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| 1990 | Becky Fisher | Cypress | 18 | Top 6 | |||
| 1989 | Kristi Wright | Del Rio | 16 | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 1988 | Libby Pelton[8] | Austin | 18 | Semi-finalist | |||
| 1987 | Richelle Geneva Marie Kesling | Spring | 15 | ||||
| 1986 | Rebecca "Becky" Pestana[9] | San Antonio | 17 | Miss Bexar County Teen | 1st runner-up | ||
| 1985 | Konae Wehle | Humble | 16 | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 1984 | Charlene Molinar | El Paso | 18 | 4th runner-up | |||
| 1983 | Sheri Scholz | Lubbock | 17 | 4th runner-up |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant